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getting the snip
Words by Jessica Peace If you’ve not experienced the intense satisfaction of snipping stems (correctly), my, my are you in for a treat?! Here’s a ...
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the barbican conservatory
Words by Jessica Peace A few of our G&T mates keep making noise about this place, Vevolution hang out there and Cléo Ferin Mercury sits for hou...
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short stem
moments in pot culture: the acanthus
Words by Jessica Peace Right back to the Romans and the Greeks, the floppy, unfurling leaf of the acanthus has been chiselled into pillars using p...
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a bit of art in hyde park
Words by Jessica Peace We LOVE our plants but we like a bit of arty too, so we took a stroll down Hyde Park to have a gander at this year’s Serpen...
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moments in pot culture: the buttercup
Words by Jessica Peace ‘...the sky is summer-blue, /And meadows full of buttercups, /Are spread abroad for you’ whispered Cicely Mary Barker’s blon...
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summer cuttings: grow mint in your drink
Words by Jessica Peace One for you, one for me... Pour a glass to make your plant baby and pour one for yourself because making cuttings root in wa...
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we can be (plant) heroes: frida kahlo
Words by Jessica Peace ‘I paint flowers so they will not die’, Frida Kahlo - well that’s one way of not killin’em. Kahlo, you wore’em, painted’em,...
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summer cuttings: be sage and take your thyme
Words by Jessica Peace Your sage and thyme can handle ‘softwood’ cuttings, perfect time to chop’em now. SOFTWOOD CUTTINGS RATING A little tricky - ...
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moments in pot culture: the venus flytrap
Words by Jessica Peace Victorian superhuman Charles (The Daddy) Darwin, regarded the venus fly trap as, ‘one of the most wonderful [plants] in the...
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getting a handle on herbs
Words by Jessica Peace Grow’em, cook’em, rub’em all over and try not to kill’em: herbs, the lowdown… ROSEMARY RATING Hard as HOW NOT TO KILL IT Ju...
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moments in pot culture: the fern
Words by Jessica Peace Before she gave birth to Peter Rabbit and looked liked Renée Zellweger, Potter was potty about ferns and produced vast studi...
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summer cuttings: go hard with herbs
Words by Jessica Peace Managed not to kill your lavender and rosemary? Fancy making more? Easy as mate. Hardwood cuttings are hard to f’up, just ge...
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it's a (floral) wrap!
Words by Jessica Peace YOUR DESIGNS ARE STUFFED WITH PLANTS AND ANIMALS… Yes they are, they’re both great sources of inspiration! There is so much...
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